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At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Sun <i>and</i> moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your flashing spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/habakkuk/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Sun <i>and</i> moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Thine arrows, At the radiance of Thy gleaming spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Sun <i>and</i> moon stood in their lofty places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the brightness of Your flashing spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/habakkuk/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua]; They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows, At the radiance <i>and</i> gleam of Your glittering spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/habakkuk/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of your flying arrows, at the brightness of your shining spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/habakkuk/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/habakkuk/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood still, while your arrows and spears flashed like lightning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/habakkuk/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of thine arrows as they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/habakkuk/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of your arrows, at the bright lightning of your spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/habakkuk/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At the flash of your speeding arrows and the gleam of your shining spear, the sun and the moon stood still. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/habakkuk/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun and moon stand still in their orbits; at the glint of your arrows they speed along, even at the gleam of your flashing spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/habakkuk/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/habakkuk/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/habakkuk/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thy arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/habakkuk/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/habakkuk/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Sun—moon—has stood—a habitation, "" Your arrows go on at the light, "" At the brightness, the glittering of Your spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/habakkuk/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/habakkuk/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The sun, the moon stood in her habitation: at the light of thine arrows they will go, at the shining of the lightning of thy spear.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/habakkuk/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/habakkuk/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The sun and the moon have stood firm in their dwelling place; with the light of your arrows, they shall go forth in the splendor of your flashing spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/habakkuk/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the moon left its lofty station, At the light of your flying arrows, at the gleam of your flashing spear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/habakkuk/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the moon stood still in its exalted place, at the light of your arrows speeding by, at the gleam of your flashing spear.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/habakkuk/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The sun and moon stood still in their habitations; at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/habakkuk/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The sun and the moon stood still in their dwellings, and in the light of your arrows they walk and in the shining of the lightning of your spears!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/habakkuk/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The sun and moon stand still in their habitation; At the light of Thine arrows as they go, At the shining of Thy glittering spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/habakkuk/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryPix4COoVE?start=532" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/habakkuk/3.htm">Habakkuk's Prayer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: še·meš (N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">Sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/3394.htm" title="3394: yā·rê·aḥ (N-ms) -- Moon. From the same as yerach; the moon.">and moon</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·maḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">stood still</a> <a href="/hebrew/2073.htm" title="2073: zə·ḇu·lāh (N-ms:: 3fs) -- Elevation, height, lofty abode. Or zbul; from zabal; a residence.">in their places</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: lə·’ō·wr (Prep-l:: N-cs) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">at the flash</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yə·hal·lê·ḵū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">of Your flying</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671: ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear.">arrows,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5051.htm" title="5051: lə·nō·ḡah (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Brightness. From nagahh; brilliancy.">at the brightness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1300.htm" title="1300: bə·raq (N-msc) -- Lightning. From baraq; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword.">of Your shining</a> <a href="/hebrew/2595.htm" title="2595: ḥă·nî·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A spear. From chanah; a lance.">spear.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/10-12.htm">Joshua 10:12-13</a></span><br />On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” / So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Psalm 18:14</a></span><br />He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Psalm 77:16-19</a></span><br />The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. / The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. / Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-6.htm">Psalm 144:6</a></span><br />Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Isaiah 28:21</a></span><br />For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a></span><br />And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-19.htm">Isaiah 60:19-20</a></span><br />No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. / Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Ezekiel 32:7-8</a></span><br />When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. / All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-10.htm">Joel 2:10</a></span><br />Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-15.htm">Joel 3:15</a></span><br />The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Amos 5:8</a></span><br />He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Zechariah 9:14</a></span><br />Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-24.htm">Mark 13:24-25</a></span><br />But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; / the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of your arrows they went, and at the shining of your glittering spear.</p><p class="hdg">sun.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-12.htm">Joshua 10:12,13</a></b></br> Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Isaiah 28:21</a></b></br> For the LORD shall rise up as <i>in</i> mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as <i>in</i> the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">Isaiah 38:8</a></b></br> Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.</p><p class="hdg">habitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Psalm 19:4</a></b></br> Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-11.htm">Joshua 10:11</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, <i>and</i> were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: <i>they were</i> more which died with hailstones than <i>they</i> whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-12.htm">Psalm 18:12-14</a></b></br> At the brightness <i>that was</i> before him his thick clouds passed, hail <i>stones</i> and coals of fire… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-17.htm">Psalm 77:17,18</a></b></br> The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Brightness</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Flash</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Flashing</a> <a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Flying</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Gleaming</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Glittering</a> <a href="/nahum/2-11.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-3.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Light</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm">Places</a> <a href="/daniel/10-6.htm">Polished</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Radiance</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-10.htm">Shot</a> <a href="/nahum/3-16.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Spear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-14.htm">Sped</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-2.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Sun</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/9-13.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/luke/11-36.htm">Brightness</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Flash</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Flashing</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-1.htm">Flying</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/luke/9-29.htm">Gleaming</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-16.htm">Glittering</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-13.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-5.htm">Light</a> <a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">Places</a> <a href="/revelation/1-15.htm">Polished</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Radiance</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-16.htm">Shining</a> <a href="/matthew/13-26.htm">Shot</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-3.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/john/19-34.htm">Spear</a> <a href="/judges/5-30.htm">Sped</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-8.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-7.htm">Sun</a><div class="vheading2">Habakkuk 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-1.htm">Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at God's majesty.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">The confidence of his faith.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/habakkuk/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/habakkuk/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/habakkuk/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Sun and moon stood still in their places</b><br>This phrase recalls the miraculous event in <a href="/joshua/10-12.htm">Joshua 10:12-13</a>, where Joshua prayed for the sun and moon to stand still to allow the Israelites more time to defeat their enemies. It signifies God's control over creation and His ability to intervene supernaturally in human affairs. The imagery suggests divine intervention and power, emphasizing God's sovereignty over the natural order. This also reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of celestial bodies as part of the divine realm, highlighting God's supremacy over all spiritual and physical forces.<p><b>at the flash of Your flying arrows</b><br>The imagery of "flying arrows" symbolizes God's swift and decisive judgment against His enemies. Arrows in ancient warfare were a primary weapon, representing speed and precision. This phrase may also allude to the divine warrior motif found throughout the Old Testament, where God is depicted as a warrior fighting on behalf of His people (e.g., <a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Psalm 18:14</a>). The "flash" suggests the suddenness and brilliance of God's intervention, reminiscent of lightning, which is often associated with divine presence and power.<p><b>at the brightness of Your shining spear</b><br>The "shining spear" continues the theme of God as a divine warrior. The brightness indicates the glory and majesty of God, often associated with His holiness and righteousness. In ancient cultures, a shining weapon would symbolize not only power but also the purity and invincibility of the one wielding it. This imagery connects to other biblical passages where God's presence is described as radiant and overwhelming (e.g., <a href="/ezekiel/1-27.htm">Ezekiel 1:27-28</a>). The spear, like the arrows, underscores the theme of divine judgment and deliverance, pointing to God's active role in the salvation history of His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/habakkuk.htm">Habakkuk</a></b><br>A prophet in the Old Testament who dialogues with God about the justice and sovereignty of God amidst the suffering of His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sun_and_moon.htm">Sun and Moon</a></b><br>Celestial bodies that symbolize the natural order and the power of God over creation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_arrows_and_spear.htm">God's Arrows and Spear</a></b><br>Metaphorical representations of God's power and judgment, illustrating His might in battle and His ability to control the elements.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>The imagery of the sun and moon standing still highlights God's supreme authority over the natural world. Believers can trust in God's control over all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_intervention_in_human_affairs.htm">Divine Intervention in Human Affairs</a></b><br>Just as God intervened in battles for His people, He is actively involved in the lives of believers today. We can seek His guidance and expect His help in our struggles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer_and_faith.htm">The Power of Prayer and Faith</a></b><br>Habakkuk's vision encourages believers to pray with faith, knowing that God hears and responds to the cries of His people, sometimes in miraculous ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment_and_deliverance.htm">God's Judgment and Deliverance</a></b><br>The imagery of arrows and spears signifies God's judgment against evil and His deliverance of the righteous. This serves as a reminder of the ultimate victory of good over evil.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_habakkuk_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Habakkuk 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_habakkuk_3_11_conflict_with_joshua_10.htm">In Habakkuk 3:11, does the claim that the sun and moon stood still indicate a literal astronomical anomaly, and does it conflict with other biblical passages like Joshua 10? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jesus'_role_in_each_bible_book.htm">What defines the Messianic Age?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_elite_gadite_warriors.htm">(1 Chronicles 12:8) Is there evidence outside the Bible supporting the existence of elite Gadite warriors skilled in tactics described here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_day_3_plants_survive_without_sun.htm">How could plants created on Day 3 (Genesis 1:11-13) survive before the sun was made on Day 4 (Genesis 1:14-19)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/habakkuk/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">The sun and moon stand still in their habitation</span>--<span class= "ital">scil.,</span> where they were at the beginning of the judgment. Here, of course, Habakkuk has in mind <a href="/context/joshua/10-12.htm" title="Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; and you, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.">Joshua 10:12-13</a>. The rest of the verse is best rendered, <span class= "ital">at the light of Thine arrows which go abroad, at the bright glancing of Thy spear.</span> Apparently, the conception is that the surpassing brightness of the theophany shames the heavenly bodies, which accordingly cease to pursue their journey.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/habakkuk/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The sun and moon stood still in their habitation;</span> or, <span class="accented">stand still, or withdraw into their habitation.</span> They hide themselves in the tabernacles whence they are said to emerge when they shine (<a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Psalm 19:4</a>, etc.). Overpowered with the splendour of God's presence, the heavenly luminaries hide their light in this day of the Lord (comp. <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Isaiah 13:10</a>; <a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Joel 2:2, 10, 31</a>; <a href="/joel/3-15.htm">Joel 3:15</a>; <a href="/amos/5-20.htm">Amos 5:20</a>; <a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a>). The miracle of Joshua (<a href="/joshua/10-12.htm">Joshua 10:12</a>, etc.) may have suggested some of the language here, but the idea is quite different. <span class="cmt_word">At the light of thine arrows they went;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the sun and moon fled away discomfited at the glory of God's weapons, his arrows gleaming with light. The idea may be that, in the absence of the sun and moon, the terrific scene was illuminated only by flashes of lightning. "Lightnings" are sometimes celled God's "arrows," as in <a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Psalm 18:14</a>; <a href="/psalms/77-17.htm">Psalm 77:17</a>, etc.; but the image here is rather of the arms of a warrior. Many supply the relative in the sentence, and render, "arrows which shoot along." This seems to be unnecessary, and is not supported by the versions. There is no special reference to the hailstorm at Beth-horon, which discomfited the Cananites, but enabled the Israelites to pass on to victory (Joshua, <span class="accented">loc. cit</span>.). It is the terror of the judgment that is adumbrated, when the Lord shall come in flames of fire (<a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8</a>), and the heavens shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat (<a href="/2_peter/3-12.htm">2 Peter 3:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Sun</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(še·meš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> </span><span class="str2">The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and moon</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרֵ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3394.htm">Strong's 3394: </a> </span><span class="str2">The moon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stood still</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֣מַד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·maḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their places</span><br /><span class="heb">זְבֻ֑לָה</span> <span class="translit">(zə·ḇu·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2073.htm">Strong's 2073: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elevation, height, lofty abode</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the flash</span><br /><span class="heb">לְא֤וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your flying</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hal·lê·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arrows,</span><br /><span class="heb">חִצֶּ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2671.htm">Strong's 2671: </a> </span><span class="str2">A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the brightness</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנֹ֖גַהּ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·nō·ḡah)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5051.htm">Strong's 5051: </a> </span><span class="str2">Brilliancy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your shining</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרַ֥ק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1300.htm">Strong's 1300: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lightning, a gleam, a flashing sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spear.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·nî·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2595.htm">Strong's 2595: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lance</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm">OT Prophets: Habakkuk 3:11 The sun and moon stood still (Hab Hb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 3:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 3:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>